Our Team
Daniel Schey
Founder and CEO
Born into a timber family in London, Daniel spent the summers of his childhood with his family in the city of Belem, where a life long interest in all aspects of the Amazon became deeply instilled. From the canopies of the rainforest, to the sounds and scents of the saw mill, a lived education was begun that has culminated, years later, in the formation of Complex Forests and a new generations idea of what commercial forestry and land restoration can look like in the Amazon region today. By combining a genuine understanding of the regional forestry sector, with years of study into alternative models of production rooted in restoration and ecological complexity, Daniel has presented a new version of how timber can be grown in the State of Pará.
Preluding the formation of Complex forests, Daniel spent 10 years working within the music business. This included roles as the Director of Music for Berlin art institution Trauma Bar und Kino, CEO of record labels Thina and Roots By the Oder and business development for London based music supervision agency SixtyFour Music. Curation, storytelling and collaboration are key skills that have been keenly utilised in bringing Complex Forests to life. Fluent in English, with high proficiency in German, and studying Portuguese, he holds a bachelors in Music Business and Production from Westminster University in London.
Juan Pablo Perzan
Co-founder and Director
With over 15 years of executive experience within the Forestry sector, specialising in trading, manufacturing, logistics, sales, exports and administration, Juan-Pablo brings a wealth of knowledge and professionalism to Complex Forests. Argentinian by birth and a resident of Belem for over 20 years before moving to London, his decades within the regional and global timber industries provide the skills and knowhow to successfully implement both the first phase operations in Pará, as well as the exciting opportunities to scale into the manufacturing and trading of value added timber products.
As COO of Tradelink Wood Products, he is responsible for all of the operational aspects of the business. In between roles at Tradelink, Juan Pablo worked for 4 years in an executive role at Multimodal Logistics in Brazil, connecting the south, east and west of the country with the Amazon region for corporations including Vale, Hydro, Gerdau, MRN and more. Additionally he also served as a consultant for the IFC/World Bank specialising in advisory and finance for small, medium and large companies in the North of Brazil. Fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese, he holds a Bachelor in Administration from the University of Buenos Aires, an MBA in Fundação Dom Cabral. Msc from PUC Minas and Executive Education from in-site courses at Columbia and Harvard University.
Gustavo Silveira
Partner
Born and raised in the State of Pará, Gustavo Silveira has been working within the field of commercial planted forests for over 22 years. With a deep understanding of the intricacies of the local industry and a network spanning all aspects of forestry in the Amazonian region, Gustavo brings with him the skills and relationships needed to successfully design, plant and harvest our polyculture planted forests. During his role as a Director at Grupo Concrem, the first and largest commercial planter of Parica in Brazil, Gustavo guided the company through remarkable growth, leading it to become the largest supplier of South American timber flooring to the Unites States, demonstrating not only his vast experience on planted forests in Pará, but the entire value chain from seedling to traded product.
As a board member of the Federation of Agriculture of the State of Pará and Chairman of the Chamber of Planted Forests of the State of Pará, Gustavo’s contribution to the local forestry sector is well represented. In 2020, he received the Agropará Award for his relevant services to the the forestry sector in Pará, the most significant of such awards for the agribusiness sector of Northern Brazil. Gustavo sits on the board of 3P Florestal, a local forestry company with experience in both Eucalyptus and Teak projects in northern Brazil, where his responsibilities include feasibility studies, land acquisition, advisory services and the sustainable management of biological assets. Fluent in Portuguese , Spanish and English, Gustavo holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from AIEC University in Brazil and international business at the University of Salamanca in Spain.
Herman Schey
Chairman
For over 45 years, Herman Schey has been working within the timber trade, progressing from a junior procurement roll in South East Asia in the late 1970s, to CEO and founding member of the Tradlink Group in 1989. With sales teams and a trading network based in the UK, US, China, Singapore, France, Austria and South Africa, manufacturing and warehouse operations in Ananindeua, Pará, and a yearly turnover of circa US$75 million in 2021, the company has grown from strength to strength under Hermans guidance.
Widely travelled and exceptionally experienced, Hermans vast knowledge of the industry is a significant asset to the Complex Forests team. Born in South Africa, and now residing in London, Herman is fluent in English and Afrikaans and holds a bachelors of Commerce Degree from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, majoring in Economics alongside computer science, accountancy, commercial law, business economics, mathematics and political science.